LEXMARK PARTNERNET TERMS OF USE
IMPORTANT! THIS LEXMARK PARTNERNET WEB SITE (THIS “SITE”) IS PASSWORD PROTECTED. YOU MAY ONLY USE THIS WEB SITE IF YOU HAVE BEEN GRANTED SPECIFIC ACCESS BY LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC., 740 West New Circle Road, Lexington, Kentucky 40550, USA ("LEXMARK"), BY ISSUANCE OF A LOGIN ID AND PASSWORD. ANY OTHER USE OF OR ACCESS TO THIS SITE IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED.
Your acceptance of these Lexmark PartnerNet Terms of Use establishes a legal agreement (the “Agreement”) between you (either an individual or a single entity) and LEXMARK ("Licensor") that, to the extent your access is not otherwise subject to a written agreement between you and Lexmark (“Lexmark Agreement”), governs your access to and use of this Site. By “you” or “your”, we mean the individual or entity (such as a company or organization) that has been granted access to this Site for the purpose of downloading, accessing and/or using the Marketing Materials contained herein. For purposes of this Agreement, “Marketing Materials” shall mean the downloadable and/or redistributable marketing materials accessible to you on this Site.
1. Accounts.
You agree that you will not misuse or abuse account access and passwords. Your right to use the Site is not transferable. You agree that you (i) will not use the Site password of another party, (ii) will not share your password with any other party, and (iii) will take all reasonable precautions to protect its secrecy. You agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account or password.
2. Customizable Marketing Materials.
2.1. If you are authorized to modify and/or distribute certain Marketing Materials (collectively, the “Customizable Marketing Materials”) from this Site, you agree to comply with the following terms and conditions when modifying or distributing such Customizable Marketing Materials:
2.2. Any Marketing Materials that are available through the Site for download, modification and/or distribution is the copyrighted work of Lexmark and/or its licensors. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Lexmark grants you a personal, nonexclusive, non-transferable license, to publish and distribute the Marketing Materials to current or potential customers in connection with sale or offer for sale of Lexmark products.
2.3. Any use of the Marketing Materials is prohibited except in accordance with this Agreement.
2.4. Except for Customizable Marketing Materials, you may not create derivative works Marketing Materials.
2.5. Although it is not obligated to do so, in the event Lexmark provides or makes available any error corrections or updates to the Marketing Materials, you agree to provide, such error corrections or updates to current and potential customers in accordance with Section 4.5.
2.6. Lexmark reserves the right to terminate your future right to distribute the Marketing Materials without liability to you or your customer in the event Lexmark, in its sole opinion, believes (i) the Marketing Materials distribution is not in accordance with this Agreement; (ii) an infringement claim appears likely or is made about the Marketing Materials; or (iii) Lexmark decides at its sole discretion to suspend the use of all or a particular Marketing Material.
3. Your Content.
3.1. You acknowledge and agree that any and all information, data, images, text, photographs, fonts, typefaces, illustrations, graphics, audio clips, works of authorship, video clips, trademarks or other content you use in Customizable Marketing Materials ("Content") is your sole responsibility, and you will be solely responsible for any damage to any party resulting therefrom. This means that you, and not Lexmark, are entirely responsible for your Content. Under no circumstances will Lexmark be liable in any way for any Content, including, but not limited to, any errors or omissions in any such Content, for any loss or damage of any kind incurred relating in any way to the use of any such Content incorporated into the Customizable Marketing Materials, for any claims of intellectual property infringement or misappropriation related to any Content.
3.2. Protected Data Warranty. You represent and warrant that you have obtained and will maintain compliance with applicable laws, including relevant data protection laws and data privacy laws, for the use, processing and transfer of Content provided to Lexmark under this Agreement. You warrant that you will not provide any personal data to Lexmark other than data required for Lexmark to grant access to the Site by issuing a login (“Limited Personal Data”). If providing any Limited Personal Data to Lexmark, you represent and warrant that you have obtained all requisite consents from data subjects, have provided data subjects all information required by applicable laws with respect to such Limited Personal Data, have obtained any necessary authorizations from competent authorities, and particularly accept and confirm that Lexmark may control, collect, process and store such Limited Personal Data.
4. Intellectual Property.
4.1. The Marketing Materials available on this Site, other than your Content (defined above) are owned by Lexmark and/or its licensors and suppliers and are protected by copyright, trademark, patent and/or other intellectual property laws, and any unauthorized use of the Marketing Materials may violate these laws. Except as expressly provided herein, Lexmark and its licensors and suppliers do not grant any other express or implied rights to access, distribute or use the Marketing Materials.
4.2. The trademarks, logos, and service marks ("Marks") displayed on this Site are the property of Lexmark or other third parties. You are not permitted to use the Marks without the prior written consent of Lexmark or such third party that may own the Marks. Lexmark and the Lexmark logo are the trademarks or registered trademarks of Lexmark in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
4.3. Except as otherwise approved in writing in advance of use by Lexmark in each instance, you will not in any manner adopt, use or incorporate Lexmark’s company name, any Mark, the name of any Lexmark product or service, or any element of any of the foregoing in or as your name, the name of any your products or services or a domain name. Your right to use any of the foregoing as approved by Lexmark will immediately terminate upon the expiration or termination of an applicable Schedule or this Agreement, and in such event, you will immediately cease such use. This Section 4.3 shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
5. Protection and Security.
5.1. You represent that your employees having access to the Marketing Materials are or shall be party to written agreements acknowledging a duty to protect all of Lexmark’s confidential materials contained in the Marketing Materials.
5.2. You shall keep the Marketing Materials (including archival copies, if any) in a secure environment and shall take all steps reasonably necessary to protect electronic copies of the Marketing Materials, or any part thereof, from unauthorized release or modification.
5.3. You agree that the terms and conditions of this Agreement and any information concerning Lexmark pricing or information directed to partners is not in the public domain and constitutes confidential information regardless if so marked.
5.4. Except as expressly permitted by this Agreement, you shall: (i) not disclose any Confidential Information to third parties, and (ii) exercise the same degree of care that it uses to protect its own confidential information, but no less than reasonable care, to keep confidential the confidential information. You will immediately notify Lexmark in writing in the event of any disclosure or loss of Lexmark’s confidential information.
5.5. You expressly agree that a breach of this Sections 5 will cause irreparable harm to Lexmark and that Lexmark shall be entitled to injunctive relief, without the necessity of showing actual damages or posting a bond or other security, against any copying, transfer or distribution of Marketing Materials containing Lexmark confidential information.
6. Termination.
Unless your other Lexmark Agreement(s) provide(s) otherwise, Lexmark may terminate this Agreement and access to this Site with or without cause at any time.
7. No Warranty; Disclaimers.
7.1. THIS SITE AND ALL MARKETING MATERIALS CONTAINED HEREIN ARE PROVIDED “AS-IS”, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. LEXMARK MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, OF ANY KIND WITH RESPECT TO THIS SITE, ITS OPERATIONS, CONTENTS, INFORMATION OR THE MARKETING MATERIALS CONTAINED HEREIN. LEXMARK EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NONINFRINGEMENT OF A THIRD PARTY'S RIGHTS. YOU SHALL NOT MAKE ANY WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, ON BEHALF OF LEXMARK.
7.2. You understand and agree that Lexmark may, in its sole and absolute discretion, modify or discontinue offering any Marketing Materials on this Site at any time with or without notice or edit or delete information appearing on this Site.
8. Limitation of Liability.
IN NO EVENT SHALL LEXMARK, ITS AFFILIATES, OR ITS SUPPLIERS AND LICENSORS, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THOSE RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER OR NOT LEXMARK HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, ARISING OUT OF, RELATED TO, OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF THIS SITE, DOWNLOADING AND/OR USE OF ANY MARKETING MATERIALS, OR OF ANY SITE REFERENCED OR LINKED TO FROM THIS SITE. OUR LIABILITY FOR ACTUAL DAMAGE FROM ANY CAUSE WILL BE LIMITED TO CHF 50,000 (FIFTY THOUSAND SWISS FRANCS). HOWEVER, NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT SHALL RESTRICT OR EXCLUDE OUR LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF (A) DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURY, (B) WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OR GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR (C) ANY OTHER LIABILITY WHICH MAY NOT BE LAWFULLY EXCLUDED OR LIMITED.
9. Indemnification.
By using this Site, you agree to indemnify Lexmark, its parent company, subsidiaries, and affiliated entities-, and each of their directors, officers, agents and employees ("Lexmark Indemnified Parties") and hold them harmless from and against any and all claims, regulatory actions, damages, liabilities, fines, penalties, costs and expenses, including attorney's fees, arising from or related to your violation of this Agreement or use of the Marketing Materials or this Site. By using this Site, you hereby release the Lexmark Indemnified Parties from any and all claims, demands, debts, obligations, damages (actual or consequential), costs, and expenses of any kind or nature whatsoever, whether known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, disclosed or undisclosed, that you may have against them arising out of or in any way related to this Site.
10. Service Interruptions.
You understand and agree that the unavailability of the downloading and other services provided by the Site may occur from time to time. Lexmark agrees to exercise reasonable care to prevent such occurrences, however, under no circumstances will Lexmark be held liable for any financial or other damages due to such unavailability except as may be otherwise provided in an applicable Lexmark Agreement.
11. Order of Precedence; Modification.
In the event of any conflict between any such Lexmark Agreement and these Terms and Conditions, the Lexmark Agreement shall take precedence to the extent of such conflict with respect to your use of this Site and Marketing Materials covered by the Lexmark Agreement. If you do not agree to this Agreement, you should not make any use of this Site or access or download any Marketing Materials. If you breach any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, your authorization to use this Site automatically terminates, and to the extent you are not an end user, you must immediately destroy and/or discontinue the use of any downloaded or printed Marketing Materials. Lexmark reserves the right to change this Agreement without notice to you. Your use of the Site is subject to the most current version of the Agreement posted on the Site at the time of such use, and you should read the current Agreement each time that you access the Site.
12. Agreement to Contract Electronically; Authority to Contract.
You and Lexmark agree to form this Agreement electronically. This means that by pressing the Accept button and accessing this Site, you (i) acknowledge your agreement to this Lexmark PartnerNet Terms of Use; and (ii) represent, if applicable, you are duly authorized by your employer or principal to enter into this Agreement.
13. Miscellaneous Law, Venue.
The laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, United States of America, shall govern the interpretation of this Agreement and any claims arising hereunder, regardless of choice of laws principles of any other jurisdiction. The parties hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the State and Federal courts of Fayette County, Kentucky for any action or legal proceeding related to or arising under this Agreement and waive any objections based on forum non conveniens. The UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods shall not apply. Should any part of this Agreement be held invalid or unenforceable, that portion shall be construed consistent with applicable law and the remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect. To the extent that anything in or associated with the Site is in conflict or inconsistent with this Agreement, this Agreement shall take precedence with respect to your use of this Site. Lexmark’s failure to enforce any provision of this Agreement shall not be deemed a waiver of such provision nor of the right to enforce such provision.
14. FURTHER MARKETING SERVICES BY LEXMARK.
BY ACCEPTING THESE LEXMARK PARTNERNET TERMS OF USE, YOU ACCEPT THAT LEXMARK WILL PROVIDE FURTHER MARKETING SERVICES TO YOU. SUCH MARKETING SERVICES MAY INCLUDE, FOR EXAMPLE, LEXMARK NEWSLETTERS, EMAILS AND/OR TELEPHONE CALLS CONTAINING INFORMATION ABOUT LEXMARK PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND SOLUTIONS. YOU CAN OPT-OUT OF THESE FURTHER MARKETING SERVICES AT ANY TIME BY CLICKING ON THE BELOW LINK: https://www.lexmark.com/en_us/GlobalPreferenceCenter/GpcUnsubscribeConfirmation.html?C_EmailAddress=. IF YOU OBJECT, YOU MAY NOT RECEIVE FURTHER MARKETING SERVICES. HOWEVER, THAT DOES NOT EXCLUDE YOU FROM PARTICIPATING IN THIS PARTNER PORTAL PROGRAM AND ACCESSING THE SITE.